Railway-rail stay.



No. 847,403. PATENTED MAR. 19, 1907.

J. J., 0. FISCHER.

RAILWAY RAIL STAY.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.22, 1907. I

UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE;

JENS JORGENSEN OVE risonnaor RACINE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO asronannuno 00., A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

. RAILWAY-RAIL STAY.

Patented March 19, 1907.

Application filed January 22, 1907. Serial No. 358.602.

1'0 all whom it md y co'ncern: Be it known that I,JE s JoRenNsEN Ovn FISCHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain and useful Improvements in Railway- Rail Stays, of which the following is a specification. L

This invention relates to improvements in devices adapted to be'applied to the base of a railway-rail for the purpose of anchoring the r ail,s as toprevent longitudinal creeping of the rail, 1 1

The object of the: present invention is to provideja device of this class, which while simple in construction and easy ,ofapplica tion to a rail is yet capable of holding the rail very securely. f

The device herein shown and described is in the nature of an improvementon the de-' vice covered by United States Letters Patent No. 738,499, grantedrto H. ,Sponenburg, September 8, 1-903. i 3

In th drawmgs accompanying" this specifl fication, Figurel 1s an elevational sideview of my improved rail-stay applied to a rail; Fig. 2 is atop plan view of'the same. Fig. 3 is a 'bottomplanview of the same; .fEig. 4 shows 7 a section through the base of the rail and the rail-stav',. th section being taken .on the line V 4 4 off-Fig. I lookinginthe direction indicated by the arrows. FIg'L S showsin perspective a rail-gripping member used with this device. Fig; 6 shows inperspective a wedge emplo'yed to ock the parts of the device to the rail.

In theseveral figures of the drawings A is the rail, and Bis a tire upon which the rail is sup orted. Extending across the under side 0 the based of the rail Ais a bar-con- 46 nectmg member G,provided with a jaw D upon one of its ends, adapted to hook over one edge of the rail-base a. The-o posite end of this.

: ter and the edge of the rail-base. This railgripping memberis preferably for-fined of metal harder than that of the rail and is provided 50 with 3 rojections or teeth f, adapted to bite into t e rail. A

G is a key, in the form of a wed e, adapted to be driven into the jawE behind t e gripping member F and toforce the latter outward into engagement with the rail-base. This key is preferablyformed with a series of openings 9 therethrough. After the wedge is driven V nary round wire nail.

, To prevent movementof the part F. m the direction of its length, .Iprovide'this part F with a rib h,. extending transversely across the upper side thereof, and agsimilar rib 'i, extending across'its lower side, These rihs fit the bar (land jaw E" The bar C is provided-with'a tie-abutting member, cons sting ot a downwardly-project- .intosuitable corresponding depressions." in

.' a ron I; f The device is placed upon the ra1l,,with this apron I in contact with the side of a'tie, and is sodis osed that creeping of the rail the direction!!! which it tends to creep will be prevented, Inthe drawings Ihave shown the invention as-alpplied to a rail-stay of that type wherein t ejawsD and E" are dis osed at an angle other than a ri ht angle with the bar C, so that when the evice is secured to the rail said her will be inclined at an angle to a. line-passing directly .Iacross the rail-base. By this arran ement, as is "now well'know-n to those skilled- 1n this art, any creeping of the mil tends to ti hten the jaws u on said rail;

.ingmeans providing a ositive stop to prevent the movement of t i'e rail-biting member longitudinally of'the rail;

I claim 'coniiecting member arranged to extend beneath the'basefof the rail and.connec.t the said jaws a rail-gripping member adapted to be interphsed between one of said jaws and one edge of the rail-base and movable trans- Y lversely of the rail, coengaging means on said i j we; a rail-gripping me [fiber-amen length- 1 the ra1l.. v

., tapered key adapted tolbe inserted into said j aw and to force said rail-gripping member f into holding engagement with the rail-base.

each of its ends, a'rail-gripping member inrail-stay and said rail-gripping member -to prevent the 'movement of said rail-gripping member len thwise of the rail, andia Wedge arranged to e interposed bet-ween saidnilgripping member and an abutment on the anticreeper so as to force said rail gripping member into gripping engagement with the rail-base. v

2. A raii-stay comprising a pair of facing jaws having" fixed relation' to. each other, a connecting member adapted to, extend be-" neath the base ofthe rail andleonnect said wise of the rail-stay and arranged to, be interposed between one of said jaws'andone edge" of the rail-base, coengagingjabutlnentslripen1, the rail-gripping memberand fih e body' of the; rail-stay ,to prevent movement oi. the railgripping member. lengthwise-ofthe rail; and

means for forcingv the rail-gripping member into gripping engagement with thejbase "of 3. A vrailstay eof prising a connecting member extendin the base ofithe ra l, and havinga ja'WTuponserted in one ofsaid jaws and movable trans-- versely of ,the'rail, and a wedge adapted to be' inserted behindsaid rail-gripping member to" force said member into engagement with the base, of the'rail.

' 4. A rail-stay comprising a connecting member extending across thelower side of the base of the rail and provided with means at one end for abutting a tie, and having, also 'a jaw upon each ofits ends, a rail-gri ping member movably arranged in one 0 said jaws, said rail-gripping member being composed of harder material than the rail, and a vforce saidrarl into holding engagement with therail-base.

6. A rail-stay comprising a connecting member extending across the lower side of the base of the and provided with means at one end for ab ting a tie, and .3. ing also a jaw upon fgihfif its endsa railgripping member mo a 130 ail-rangedv in one of said jaws, said rail grippingimember'being composedof harder material-than the rail, and a taper'edfkej adapted to be'insertedinto sa jaw and, toforce said rail grip ing member into holding engagement with t 'e. rail-base.

v 71A rail-stay comprising a bar extending aerossvthe-lower side of the hase'of'the rail and. "miridedwith meahsforvabutting a tie,

saidii) across the lower side of j :havingaalso a jaw upon-each of its ii gi itppingmember movably ar- 1nserted.into;said. jaw and to rippingmem'ber into holding engagement with the rail base, and Qmeans for locking sa'idkey in position.

said jaws, and a tapered key 8; A rail-stay comprising a; bar; extending across the lower side of the base of the rail and rovided with means for abi1ttinga-tie,

said ar'having also'a jaw uponeach of its ends, a toothed rail-gripping member movably arranged in one of said jaws, and a tapered key adapted tobe inserted into said jawand to force. said rail-gripping member into holding engagement with the rail-base.

. JENS JORGENSEN OVE FISGHER. MVVitnessesL Y G. Y. SKINNER, 0. R.-BA RNETT. 

